The grid is the dome-wide network that encompasses most of the communications in the game. This includes grid phones and the grid itself, which is the dome's internet network.
GRID 4.0
4.0! It has arrived. This version of the grid is 100% in the MOO. All the data from Grid 3.0 is available. And Grid 3.0 continues to exist as the 'web based grid' for those that enjoy that interface. Except nodes and everything to do with them. That is now disabled in Grid 3.0 due to the need to empower decking within the MOO, not on the web (thus in Grid 4.0).
GRID 3.0 AND GRID 4.0.
Grid 3.0 (WEB) and Grid 4.0 (MOO) are interoperable, excluding nodes and notifications. Grid 3.0 can no longer access nodes. None of the cracking/hacking tools in Grid 3.0 work any longer. All of that must be done within Grid 4.0. Gridmail and the forums can be accessed from either grid instance, and share the same content.
ACCESSING GRID 4.0
You access the grid by having a term on you, and holding it. Or having a cybernetic that lets you access the term you have on you without holding the term.
The first step is to 'use '. This will let you select which terminal you are using.
The second step is to preface any grid command with 'g'.
For example: 'g help' or 'g' by itself or 'g login Username Password'.
OLD ACCOUNTS NEED NEW PASSWORDS
If you have a very old account that still has a password you picked, you'll need to reset your password in order to login to your grid account. This is due to us making a switch to IC passwords. This shouldn't impact any account created in the last 5 years. All you need to do to reset your password (assuming you have the same SIC that the account was registered under) if 'g reset-password '.
ACCESSIBILITY
We built this with accessibility in mind. It may not be perfect, so if you are using a screen-reader and have feedback, please reach out in an @bug report with what you are seeing, why it is annoying, and what we can do to help improve it.
If you turn on 'g options accessibility' then you will get an adjusted formatting and display of content. This includes alt tags for any #ascii tags that were created on nodes, instead of showing the ASCII art itself.
There are a number of other places where we have tried to make the content more accessible with special formatting.
NOTE: when viewing node source code with the accessibility option on, we have to render any ASCII that would otherwise be hidden. That's because it's part of the node source and not showing it would be hiding actual info from you. However, when just viewing a node, you will only see the alt text.
NOTE: If you are using a screen reader you may also find it useful to set 'g options hide-commands true'. This will prevent the command help for the command you've typed from showing each time you run a command. Then you can just rely on 'g help' to see all commands.
CREATING AN ACCOUNT
You can create an account with the 'g create-account Username' command, where username is your desired Username.
You are allowed to have more than one Grid account, but please, do not register a ton of them, unless you are using them all.
There is a 1 hour cool-down that is enforced when you create an account, before you can create another.
RESETTING PASSWORD
You can reset your password for your grid account from your term. Accounts are tied to your SIC. Thus, if you get SIC rip (on purpose, or forced) you will lose access to your grid account if you lose the password.
Also, keep in mind someone could forcefully rip your SIC and steal your grid account. That is both IC and themely. Do not do this to someone, unless you have good, interesting, fun, plot reasons, please.
GRID TERM HELP
The term itself has 'g help' which will print out all the commands that are available. Some commands may only be available in certain situations.
GRID IS IC
The grid is IC. So is any terminal you use. Your character's account, nodes, gridmail, and term can and may be hacked. This is a feature, not a bug. Please keep this in mind, as if you expect 100% safety and privacy, you will be disappointed. Deckers rule the grid.
Your term can be stolen! If it is logged in when it is stolen, it will remain logged in and accessible. There is an option to set your session duration so that your account will be automatically logged out after a set period of time from when you first log in. Paranoid people keep this at a low number, even though it is annoying to have to re-login periodically.
ASKING FOR HELP & DISCOVERING THINGS FOR YOURSELF
The grid is meant to be peeled like an onion. You can discover a lot on your own. You can also ask questions ICly and seek out knowledgeable people!
If you can't figure out how to use a command, syntactically, you can ask on xgame. However, if you're just not sure HOW something works from an in character perspective, or how to make a node, or how to make it cool, or how programs or decking works, you will need to figure this out in character. There are some resources on the Grid itself for figuring this out. You can also ask around in character, though information often comes with a price.
Do not use OOC-Chat or Game-Help to try to figure out IC information. If you see someone asking IC questions OOCly, please point them to this help file, or kindly let them know that it's IC information and they need to figure it out ICly.
GRID ERRORS
If you see a traceback, you can @bug it. If you see an error (such as a parse error on saving a node) that is an IC error. The rule of thumb is if the error you are seeing has a [g] at the start, it's a grid error that is IC. Meaning you've tried to do something that doesn't work, such as using a #color tag incorrectly on your node. If you see a full on traceback, something has gone OOCly wrong and you should @bug it.
GRIDMAIL
Gridmail works much as it always has. You've got an inbox and an outbox. You can see the mail in each. You can delete mail you don't want visible anymore. Once deleted, that mail is gone (from your account). It will remain in the account of the person who sent it/received it.
It is possible that this mail can be recovered, under the right circumstances.
The number of gridmails displayed on each page is customizable.
Grid accounts continue to exist, and be IC targets for decking even after a character has died.
You can see your inbox and outbox, delete mail, mark mail as read or unread (from your inbox), and forward mail.
You also have the ability to see if mail was read (assuming it wasn't read and then marked as unread) by viewing your outbox. The same goes for anyone that sends mail to you.
Warning: You will not receive gridmail notifications if you are only using Grid 3. This is due to the way the system was set up originally, as it only used the obj# of the person registering the grid account. This was causing bugs where users were getting notifications when they weren't logged into their account.
THE FEED
The feed continues to exist, and has its own commands: 'g feed' to see the feed and 'g feed post' to post in it.
FORUMS
There are forums. The forums have topics. Topics have posts.
You must first select the forum you wish to browse with 'g forums '
You can then view topics with 'g topics'
From there you can 'g topics read ' or 'g topics reply '.
You can also view pinned topics with 'g topics pinned'.
Or switch between pages of results with 'g topics page '
Or start a new topic with 'g topics new'
The number of pages displayed is customizable.
FORUM POSTS
You have the ability to edit your own posts: 'g topics edit '
FORUM MODERATOR
These forums have moderators. Those mods are special accounts with special permissions. These may be OOC admin accounts, or they may be player accounts.
Moderators can pin and lock topics.
NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications are received on your term. When you are holding the term (or have a GridSight(tm) cyber) you will see that notification directly. If you are not holding the term, it will vibrate to let you know about the notification.
You can see the past 30 days of notifications received on a specific account with the 'g notifications' command.
This will allow you to review your notifications even if you were not online or paying attention when they came in.
Notifications older than 30 days will be automatically purged.
You will receive notifications for things like: - Node transfer updates - New gridmail - New forum posts - And more!
Notifications are supported across Grid 3 (Web) and Grid 4 (MOO) in these cases: - Grid 3 & 4 Forum Post -> Notifies Grid 4 logged in users, and Grid 3 users (with the classic notification) - Grid 3 & 4 Gridmail -> Notifies Grid 4 logged in users, does not notify Grid 3 users
YOUR TERM CAN BE STOLEN!
Your term can be stolen! If you're logged in when it's stolen, that person will have access to your account. You can choose a custom session-length (which cannot be changed while logged in) using the 'g options session-length ' command. If you are paranoid, you can set this to as low as 60 seconds. This allows you to pick your risk / reward ratio when you are logging in to your grid account.
CUSTOMIZATION
You can customize the color of 100% of the text that you see on your grid term. There are two sets of colors available. For most options '@colors readable' is what will be allowed, but when you are customized your background and foreground for a specific set of text, @colors 256 is the full allowable set.
Your grid terminal, if you own one, is highly personalizable. You can customize a number of features. Check out 'g options' for more information.
THEMES
Each term comes with several stock themes which you can apply. You can also create your own themes, and even download themes from nodes which have a theme uploaded to them.
By default, your term will ignore any non color options when loading a theme. However, you can turn this off, meaning when you switch themes you load ALL the options (except accessibility and session-length). This can be good if you want to have different operating modes for different situations.
Customize the shit out of your cyber term, you cyberpunk, you.
Check out 'g themes' for the commands.
GRID 3.0 HELP To access the grid network you will need a grid enabling device; this can be any of the public street terminals as well as one of the few varieties of private terminals you can buy. With a private terminal, you will require SIC signal to maintain a connection to the grid.
Point your browser to http://www.sindome.org/
At the top of the page, you will see the navigation bar for the entire website. At the very right, you will see login and signup. Click Login and enter website account login details (that you used when you signed up for your account). At this point, if you have not claimed your character you will need to do so.
From the 'Your Characters' page, click 'Access Grid' for the logged-in character. Your character will need to be logged in to the game and not using a disguise to log in to the website.
Click on Access Grid, and if your character is logged in to the game and you have SIC signal you should receive a prompt to log in to the grid. If you have made a grid account already simply fill in the details you provided when creating the account. If you have not made an account to link your SIC to a grid account click on register below the login button. Simply fill out the details for your account as you desire them. Completing this will log you into the grid under the alias you have chosen.
Remember, grid access requires your player to be logged in, SIC signal, a grid accessible device, and for you to not be making use of a disguise with your character. If you are still having trouble after double-checking all of these things try clearing your browsers cookies. As a last resort you can use an incognito window and your problem will probably be solved.
Note: Illegal or Super-User activities on the grid must be learned via IC means. This helpfile is just for basic access and understanding of the grid and its functions.
WARNING
Logging into the 'grid' is case insensitive, meaning JoeBaka and joebaka and JOEBAKA are all the same. The same goes for your password. However, GRIDMAIL is case sensitive. If you create an account 'JoeBaka' and log into the grid with 'joebaka' you will be denied access to your NLM Mail. Always use the correct case to avoid issues!
USING OOC TOOLS TO IC HACK
Please do not use OOC Tools to aid in your IC hacking. We provide IC tools for hacking and doing anything that you need to do in that regards, so please avoid using the likes of DevTools to view things you wouldn't see IC.
SEE ALSO: help gridmail help grid-nodes help grid-management help grid-programs help grid-daemons help matrix help decking node 'NodeEditing' node 'BrlangIntro' thread http://sindo.me/SJVlY_Lwxg thread http://sindo.me/HJlVlK_Uwxg *Last Updated: 09/02/25 by Fengshui*
